
We discuss why CoachThem was created and where we are going. With some fantastic new features released, we review all of them in detail to help you use them in your drill creation.
We discuss who your assistants are and how to get them more involved in the practice, which is a win all around. They'll always design drills to help teach this concept and share them with the Creation Series Drill Sharing Group.
There is an art to puck retrievals, and the two Mike's, Bonelli and Weaver, will break it down. They will discuss the approach to the puck and how to teach it. They'll always design drills to help teach this concept and share them with the Creation Series Drill Sharing Group.
Why are you using this drill? Why are you teaching this skill? Why? Do I know the skill enough to teach it effectively? These are questions as a coach you should know the answer to because your players will want to know. Bonelli & Weaver discuss this topic and, as always, combine this thought pattern into a drill.
In Episode 2, Mike Weaver and Mike Bonelli discuss how to take an idea and create a three drill progression of breaking out of the zone.
In our first episode, Mike Weaver and Mike Bonelli introduce themselves and what to expect in our series. In the end, Bonelli takes us through the Anatomy of a drill.
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